Certain treats are tradition at our house, one being soft sugar cookies. If I don’t make them for Valentines Day, Halloween, and Christmas I am in big trouble. We love soft cookies and these are always soft unless you over cook them.

Soft Sugar Cookies

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter, room temperature

3 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

6 cups flour

Cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggs and mix well. Add buttermilk and vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients and add to egg mixture and stir until well blended. Chill for at least 1 hour. Roll 1/4″ thick and cut with cookie cutter. Place on grease cookie sheet. Bake 350 degrees for 8- 10 minutes. Cool and frost with Butter Cream Frosting in your favorite holiday colors. Decorate with sprinkles or pipe on frosting.

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We have a lot of big cookie monsters in our family, (and it’s not just the grand kids) but we are also picky, we like soft cookies. These Snickerdoodles are one of many family favorites.
1 1/3 cups butter
1 1/3 cups brown sugar
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
5 cups flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt

Cream the butter and sugars together. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Blend in vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients. Blend into sugar mixture and mix well. Make cinnamon sugar by mixing 1 cup sugar with 2 Tbsp cinnamon. Roll dough into 1-1 1/2″ balls then roll in cinnamon sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about 3″ apart. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes.

Happy baking.
Mary Ellen

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